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Internal combustion engine type
A two-stroke engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up and one down, in one revolution of the crankshaft in contrast to a four-stroke engine which requires four strokes of the piston in two crankshaft revolutions to complete a power cycle. During the stroke from bottom dead center to top dead center, the end of the exhaust/intake is completed along with the compression of the mixture. The second stroke encompasses the combustion of the mixture, the expansion of the burnt mixture and, near bottom dead center, the beginning of the scavenging flows. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Two-stroke engineA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Technologies and studies of gas exchange in two-stroke aircraft piston engine: A reviewInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The two-stroke engineThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Scavenging the two-stroke engineCited 48 times
- Go sideways: Internal combustion engineA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Scavenging (engine)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An internal combustion engine that operates on the two-stroke principle.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Scavenging the two-stroke engine
Jojoba-oil-based two-stroke gasoline engine lubricant
Air Flow in a Naturally Aspirated Two-stroke Engine
Developments in Two-Stroke Cycle Engine Exhaust Emissions
Air Pollution: Asia’s Two-Stroke Engine Dilemma
Piston ring lubrication in a two-stroke diesel engine
Shape Parameterization and Optimization of a Two-Stroke Engine
Intermittent Injection for a Two-Stroke Direct Injection Engine
🆕 Influential since 2022
Technologies and studies of gas exchange in two-stroke aircraft piston engine: A review
Implementation of a two-stroke quantum heat engine with a collisional model
Ammonia diffusion combustion and emission formation characteristics in a single cylinder two stroke engine
Hydrogen injection optimization of a low-speed two-stroke marine hydrogen/diesel engine
Fuel reactivity stratification assisted jet ignition for low-speed two-stroke ammonia marine engine
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕The two-stroke engineK. G. Draper · 1966
Two-Stroke Cycle Engine: It's Development, Operation and Design (Combustion (New York, N.Y. : 1989).)John B. Heywood, Eran Sher · 1999
Emissions from two-stroke enginesMarco Nuti · 1998- 📕Two-Stroke EnginesSociety of Automotive Engineers · 1994
Design and simulation of two-stroke enginesBlair, Gordon P. · 1996
Two-Stroke Engine Design and EmissionsSociety of Automotive Engineers · 1994- 📕Design and Performance of Two- and Four-Stroke EnginesSociety of Automotive Engineers · 1997
Two-stroke engine repair & maintenancePaul Dempsey · 2009
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